Make Your Brain Work (Amy Brann, 2013)

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Review:  It includes both technical explanation and examples to let your brain work in many different ways even when you are interacting with people. Rated: 8/10


  • Stanford Marshmallow experience didact children with delayed gratification achieve more in later part of their lives.
  • Office distraction: 11 minutes on project, 25 minutes on break, switch task every 3 minutes and waste 2.1 hours long a day
  • Ambient neural activity: your brain is constantly processing
  • Distraction deplete your limited prefrontal cortex resources
  • Distraction management tips
    • Clear your mind first: write things down to empty it
    • Remove external distractions: anchoring
    • Prioritise only when you are switched on
    • Keep a tidy or integrity-filled life
    • Practise mental braking
  • Sawyer effect: practices that can either turn play into work or work into play
  • Somatosensory cortex: where the pain is coming from
  • Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC): how much of a problem the pain is
  • Insula: tells the brain overall state of the body


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